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Base acknowledges PFAS levels exceed EPA standards
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19 Mar 2025 | Dayton Daily News
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is acknowledging that recent testing for PFAS chemicals show levels that exceed new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum allowed levels.
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Dayton lab becomes first certified PFAS lab of its kind in Ohio
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14 Sep 2024 | Dayton Daily News
Dayton’s water lab has become the first municipal or commercial lab in Ohio to achieve state certification for PFAS testing, which officials say should help hold down testing costs while ensuring samples are tested in a prompt manner.
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PFAS firefighting foam is collected in Ohio for proper disposal
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20 Jun 2024 | wtap
“Depending on how you get rid of it if you use landfills you have a chance of sewer or water contamination, if you use incineration without using the proper method you have air contamination. So, the process they’ve come up with eliminates the hazards on one of those forever chemicals,” said Marietta Fire Chief, C.W. Durham.
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Ohio man asks appeals court to revive massive PFAS class action against 3M, DuPont
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12 Dec 2023 | Reuters
An Ohio resident has told a U.S. appeals court its recent ruling putting an end to a massive class action lawsuit that accused 3M, Corteva Inc subsidiary E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co and other companies of putting people's health at risk by exposing them to toxic “forever chemicals” could send a dangerous message to chemical manufacturers facing similar claims, and deserves a second look.
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Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Associations with Pubertal Onset and Serum Reproductive Hormones in a Longitudinal Study of Young Girls in Greater Cincinnati and the San Francisco Bay Area
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26 Sep 2023 | Environ Health Perspect
Higher serum PFOA levels in young women, compared to the U.S. average, were associated with delayed puberty after adjusting for race and BMI.
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Group Finds PFAS ‘forever’ Chemicals Used In Ohio Oil And Gas Wells
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30 Sep 2022 | The Allegheny Front
A non-profit research group has found the oil and gas industry in Ohio has used PFAS, known as “forever” chemicals, in at least 101 oil and gas wells since 2013.
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Department of Defense sued amid 30-year fight against East Liverpool hazardous waste incinerator
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8 Feb 2022 | Mahoning Matters
If temperatures aren't high enough to break the PFAS down, the chemicals are released into the air.
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It’s ‘Raining PFAS’, Even In Remote Areas of the Upper Peninsula
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9 Sep 2021 | WXPR
Notable concentrations of PFAS in rainwater were found not only at sampling sites in industrial cities like Chicago or Cleveland, but in Eagle Harbor, as well.
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Aullwood Switching to Public Water After ‘Forever Chemicals’ Were Detected in Well
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23 Aug 2021 | Dayton Daily News
Health officials are recommending that all property owners in that area test their wells for PFAS.
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It’s literally raining PFAS around the Great Lakes, say researchers
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8 Jun 2021 | MLive
Rain that fell on Ohio this spring contained a surprisingly high amount of toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to raw data from a binational Great Lakes monitoring program that tracks airborne pollution.
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Dayton customers now have access to how much ‘forever chemicals’ are in their drinking water
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16 May 2021 | Dayton Daily News
Whenever the City of Dayton reports PFAS levels to the Ohio EPA, the results automatically upload to the water department’s website.
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Bill that would limit Ohio firefighters’ use of foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ awaiting House vote
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16 May 2021 | Dayton Daily News
HB158 proposes that Ohio fire departments be required to find an alternative to firefighter foam containing PFAS.
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We sampled tap water across the US – and found arsenic, lead and toxic chemicals
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31 Mar 2021 | Consumer Reports and the Guardian
A nine-month investigation by the Guardian and Consumer Reports found alarming levels of forever chemicals, arsenic and lead in samples taken across the US. Almost every sample tested had measurable levels of PFAS.
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[Blog] How many of us are drinking toxic forever chemicals?
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12 Jan 2021 | BioMed Central
A recent study found that nearly 100 million people in 16 out of 66 cities investigated in China are likely using drinking water that exceeds 20 ppt for the sum of five PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFHpA, and PFNA), new maximum contaminant level set by the U.S. state of Vermont.
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PFAS product liability cases – are the floodgates now open?
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12 Jan 2021 | National Law Review
Even companies without direct use or knowledge of PFAS use in products should consider a review of supplier materials, as those materials may have PFAS as a component, which could some day subject the company to legal liability issues.